Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - November 2015

Thanks to a month of great decline from Mercedes-Benz in November 2015, BMW further secured its lead as America's top-selling premium brand in 2015 despite a sharp decline in 3-Series sales.The 3-Series tumbled 20%, but the top-selling Benz, Mercedes' C-Class, similarly slid 22%, a loss of 2020 sales compared with November 2014.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - November 2015 YTDAs a result of their respective decreases, the newly launched Lexus RX soared to a first place finish in November 2015, 2338 sales ahead of the 3-Series. Through 11 months, the 3-Series leads the RX crossover by only 554 units.

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Among the 15 most popular premium brand vehicles in November were nine SUVs/crossovers, from the top-ranked RX through two BMWs, two Acuras, and individual contenders from Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Infiniti.Among the 15 most popular vehicles with base prices above $45,000, only four were cars. Six others were full-size, pickup truck-based Detroit SUVs.Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.December 2015 • October 2015 • November 2014

Rank

Premium Brand Vehicle

November 2015

November2014

% Change

2015YTD

2014YTD

% Change

#1

Lexus RX

10,771

9592

12.3%

88,711

93,865

-5.5%

#2

BMW 3-Series

8433

10,475

-19.5%

89,265

87,451

2.1%

#3

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

7239

9259

-21.8%

79,057

66,841

18.3%

#4

Cadillac SRX

5087

3331

52.7%

61,819

48,679

27.0%

#5

BMW X3

4987

2221

125%

28,798

31,029

-7.2%

#6

Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class

4883

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14,353

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#7

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

4751

4737

0.3%

44,737

61,284

-27.0%

#8

Lexus ES

4725

5884

-19.7%

57,113

64,726

-11.8%

#9

BMW 5-Series

4646

3105

49.6%

41,177

47,187

-12.7%

#10

Audi Q5

4520

4184

8.0%

45,949

37,869

21.3%

#11

Acura MDX

4092

5210

-21.5%

51,954

58,842

-11.7%

#12

BMW X5

3965

4557

-13.0%

48,747

40,933

19.1%

#13

Infiniti Q50

3782

4216

-10.3%

39,196

33,044

18.6%

#14

Infiniti QX60

3736

2927

27.6%

36,783

27,825

32.2%

#15

Acura RDX

3653

3436

7.4%

46,084

39,709

16.1%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don't report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.

Rank

Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K

November 2015

November2014

% Change

2015YTD

2014YTD

% Change

#1

Chevrolet Tahoe

7217

8027

-10.1%

78,569

86,467

-9.1%

#2

Chevrolet Suburban

5216

5045

3.4%

44,516

48,248

-7.7%

#3

Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class

4883

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---

14,353

---

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#4

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

4751

4737

0.3%

44,737

61,284

-27.0%

#5

BMW 5-Series

4646

3105

49.6%

41,177

47,187

-12.7%

#6

BMW X5

3965

4557

-13.0%

48,747

40,933

19.1%

#7

GMC Yukon

3925

3179

23.5%

37,461

36,840

1.7%

#8

GMC Yukon XL

3137

2416

29.8%

26,798

26,492

1.2%

#9

Cadillac Escalade

2981

3237

-7.9%

31,264

26,782

16.7%

Cadillac Escalade *

1672

2106

-20.6%

18,487

17,201

7.5%

Cadillac Escalade ESV *

1309

1128

16.0%

12,775

9528

34.1%

Cadillac Escalade EXT *

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3

-100%

2

53

-96.2%

#10

Ford Expedition

2980

3982

-25.2%

37,387

40,393

-7.4%

#11

Mercedes-Benz GL-Class

2916

3065

-4.9%

24,858

23,203

7.1%

#12

Volvo XC90

2236

87

2470%

9642

3884

148%

#13

Lexus GS

2174

1836

18.4%

19,694

19,453

1.2%

#14

Lexus GX460

2011

2043

-1.6%

22,094

19,978

10.6%

#15

Cadillac XTS

1976

1697

16.4%

20,042

22,059

-9.1%

Source: Automakers & ANDC$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring.

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